2022 is shaping up as a time of continued global supply chain disruptions, even though demand for goods remains healthy. Under these conditions—strong demand for goods, but big-time supply chain snarls—it makes sense to outfit front-line workers in warehousing and manufacturing with mobile technology that helps meet operational goals around productivity and on-time fulfillment.

The ongoing labor shortages only accentuate this need to leverage the best in mobile device and data capture technologies to quickly gain process efficiencies.

In this session, our speaker will assess the relative maturity of key mobile technology solutions, including device trends, wearables, RFID and real-time location tracking, machine vision, voice solutions, as well as wireless networking and 5G advancements. He’ll also discuss which technologies are proven and ready to help bring efficiencies today, and which emerging technologies to keep we should keep a close eye on.

He suggests thinking of these mobile technologies as the lubricant for the persistent supply chain slowdowns companies need to overcome.

Attendees will better understand:

• what are the leading warehouse/DC improvement initiatives?
• how devices and wearables are changing to make frontline workers more productive, and
• what type of process efficiencies can these technologies deliver, and how the data captured feeds into software systems like WMS, and helps keep other systems informed on work in process.

Moderator

Mike Levans, Group Editorial Director, Supply Chain Group, Peerless Media LLC

Speaker

David Krebs, Executive Vice President, Enterprise Mobility, VDC Research

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